On Wisconsin Public Radio this morning between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. [UM, NO, THAT SHOULD BE a.m.] CST with Joy Cardin.
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Honor for those who have fallen.
Pride, because my buddy Mills has donated countless hours to this effort. I like to crack jokes about Mills, about our carp-shooting and chicken-coop-wall-flopping exploits, but he is one of those folks who spends a big swath of his time quietly doing good things for other people.
The Chippewa Valley Book Festival is on the horizon. October 22-25. The list of presenters includes poet Todd Boss (his “Wood Burning” from Yellowrocket is one of my ever-favorite poems…saw him read it live recently and it brought tears to my eyes) and my mentor (as in I wouldn’t be doing any of this if not for his influence) John Hildebrand (last seen on page 246 of Truck: A Love Story). Also poet Sandra Lindow and Wisconsin Poet Laureate Marilyn Taylor.
And many/much more.
…where did I put that snowplow?
Back home after a week-plus of many miles and it’s one of those times after a blur of people in different cities and states that I am struck by how every single person – the woman helping unpack books, the student picking me up at the hotel, the professor yielding class time for my stories, the people blocking their calendars and arranging their evening to join me and/or the band, the band itself (they carve out large chunks of their personal and professional time in order to ramble with me), the sound techs, the chair-unstackers and re-stackers, the snowplow driver and the librarian who drove me from the airport, the organizers of these events (doing it largely out of love), the people who share a kind word in the signing line, well, the list is of course endless, and so is my use of commas – is part of a play that unfolds over time and distance with each of you hitting your marks and delivering your lines and then I’m back home and moved to say that I notice this, and while the two simple words are inadequate, they are necessary, heartfelt, and gratefully given: Thank you.
If you came to the show tonight/last night and were looking for more info on Michael Perry and the Long Beds music, you can find it here. Headwinded is our one and only album, but we were just in the studio recording another album scheduled for release in March, 2010. If you’d like to be notified when that happens (or when the Long Beds are playing near you), sign up here.
And thanks for listening.
Really looking forward to this one. It’s book festival time, and I’ll be in Madison today for two events. First, I get to do a reading with literary superstar Lorrie Moore (at 7:30 p.m. in the Orpheum Theatre). After our readings we’ll sign some books, then the Long Beds will come out and I’ll join them onstage for a good long set or two of music. Madison is a fabulous book and music town…we’re excited about this.
All the red hot details can be found right here.
And yesterday I talked to WORT radio host Bill Malone about the show. You can listen here (the interview starts at 2:12:49). If the link is troublesome, track it down here.
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